Steam-dissipating attachment for cook-stoves and ranges.



D. W. YORK.

STEAM DTSSIPATING ATTACHMENT FOR COOK'STOVES AND RANGES.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. I0. 1916.

l ,1 89,030. Patented June 27, 1916.

jJaLwd/V For/u UNITED STATES PATENT oEEIoE.

DAVID W. YORK, OF NORTH ABINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-TEN THT0 BERTHA IB. YORK AND ONE-TENTHTO E. L. CHAPMAN, BOTH OF NORTHABINGTON,

MASSACHUSETTS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 27, 1916.

Application filed March 10, 1916. Serial No. 83,385.

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, DAVID W. YORK, a citizen of the United States,residing at North Abington, in the county of Plymouth and State ofMassachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Steam-Dissipating Attachments for Cook-Stoves and Ranges, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to a dissipating attachment for cook stoves andranges, and its object is to provide an attachment whereby the steamgenerated within the cooking vessels upon the stoves may be collectedand discharged directly into the smoke pipe leading to the flue, thus'preventlng the steam from escaping into the kitchen or room in whichthe stove is arranged.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of thecharacter described which may be applied to .any ordinary cook stove orrange, for use in conjunction with one or more vessels at a time, andwhichineludes special covers for application to the cooking vessels bymeans of which the escape of steam from the vessels will be freelypermitted and the steam gathered for conduction to the smoke pipe.

The invention consists of the features of construction, combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing in whic Figure 1 is a top planview of a stove or range showing the application of the inven tion,parts appearing in section. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same.Fig. 3 is a detail view of the steam conductor removed. Fig. 4 is atransverse sectional view through the same, and showing one of theconnectors. Fig. 5 is a detail view of a vessel cover.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a cook stove or range of any ofthe constructions in general use, and 2 a smoke pipe connected with thesmoke outlet thereof, and which is adapted for attachment to a main pipeor flue 3 leading to the chimney, whereby the smoke and products ofcombustion from the stove are discharged to the atmosphere.

My improved steam eliminator comprises a steam collecting pipe 4disposed horizontally above the top 5 of thestove and preferablyextending in a direction from front to rear thereof. This collectingpipe 4 is connected with a discharge pipe 6 by means of a U-shapedintermediate pipe or union 7 which connects therear end of the pipe 4wlth the outer end of the pipe 6. The pipe 6 extends parallel with thearms of the union 7 in rear of the back shelf support 8 of the stove,and the arms of the union 7 lie on opposite sides of this shelf supportand are connected by the return bend thereof or ad acent one end of saidsupport, the inner end of the pipe 6 being fitted over a tube 9 upon thesmoke outlet pipe 2, by means of which the discharge pipe 6 and, throughwhich, the collecting pipe 4, are in communication with said outlet pipeand the flue through which the products of combustion are discharged. Itwill accordingly be understood that the passage of the smoke andproducts of combustion through the pipe 2 causes a draft or partialsuction in the pipes 4, G and 7, whereby any steam contained in saidpipes will be drawn into the flue and discharged.

The pipe 4 is closed at its forward end, as indicated at 10, and saidpipe is provided with a desired number or series of inlet tubes 11 forthe admission of the steam from the cooking vessels upon the stove, U-shaped connectors 12 being provided for uniting said tubes with therespective vessels to be placed in communication with the collectingpipe. For this purpose, a cover 13 of ordinary construction but which isprovided with a discharge tube 14 is furnished for closing each vessel,and in connect ng such vessel with the pipe 4 a connectmg member 12 isused, one arm of which is attached to a tube 11 of the pipe 4 and theother arm of which is connected with the tube 14 of the cover of thevessel which is to be coupled to the eliminating pipe. Thus it will beunderstood that one or more vessels may be simultaneously connected withthe pipe, and that the connectors may be of suitable size for connectionwith vessels disposed at different points, enabling any deslred numberto be connected with the eliminator at will, dependent upon the numberof inlet tubes 11 provided.

In the operation of the device, it will of course be apparent that asthe steam is generated by the vessels, it will pass through the suctionproduced in the pipe 4 first into said pipe and then through the pipes 7and (3 to the pipe 2 and thence to the chimney, all of the steam beingthus prevented from escaping into the room and discharged into thechimney in an obvious manner, the advantages and conveniences of whichwill be manifest. Preferably a supporting member or leg 15 is providedupon the pipe 4 to brace and sustain the same from the top of the stove.

I claim In a device of a class described, in combination, a stove, achimney mounted at one side of said stove, a bracket mounted upon saidstore at the opposite side thereof with respect to said chimney, anelongated steamcollection pipe secured at one end upon said bracket andextending substantially throughout the width of the stove and having aU-shaped connection with the chimney so as to be supported above thestove, a longitudinal series of projections forming inlet nipples uponsaid steam collection pipe, and a plurality of interchangeable receivingcurved pipes secured upon said nipples at one end and adapted to extenddownwardly with their opposite ends for connection with steam-supplyingtubes.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DAVID XV. YORK. lVitnesses CHARLES H. HUNT, ARTHUR C. BISHOP.

